Announcements

MaineCare Beneficiary Advisory Council

by Julia Endicott | Jan 24, 2025 | Announcements, Health Equity

Apply to join the MaineCare Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC) to share your feedback and discuss your experience with MaineCare. You’ll be paid for your time! The MaineCare Beneficiary Advisory Council (BAC) is a council of current or former MaineCare members, family...

Self-Employment for ME Business Class

by Julia Endicott | Jan 24, 2025 | Announcements, Community Inclusion, Developmental Disability Advocacy, Employment

The Office of Aging and Disability Services will be offering FREE business classes over Zoom for individuals who are interested in launching their own small business. The business class series is being offered as part of the Self-Employment for ME Pilot Project and in...

Video Release: Marriage Equality and the Marriage Penalty

by Julia Endicott | Dec 12, 2024 | Announcements

DRM's latest advocacy video highlights a critically important topic: the Social Security marriage penalty. Thanks to DRM's self-advocate partners and our partners at Speaking Up For Us for helping to put this video together. Video Production: Catama Productions ASL...

DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

by Julia Endicott | Dec 3, 2024 | Announcements, Community Mental Health, Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Mental Health Advocacy, News

On December 3, 2024 the Maine Superior Court issued an order dismissing the 1989 class action lawsuit and subsequent 1990 injunction that is commonly known as the “AMHI Settlement Agreement or AMHI Consent Decree.” AMHI was a state inpatient psychiatric facility at...

Ask Susan Collins to Support the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA)

by Julia Endicott | Nov 25, 2024 | Announcements, Developmental Disability Advocacy, Employment

Dear Senator Collins, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals of Maine, urge you to co-sponsor the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) S.533. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 allows employers to obtain special certificates...

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MaineCare Beneficiary Advisory Council

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Video Release: Marriage Equality and the Marriage Penalty

DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

Ask Susan Collins to Support the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA)

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